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Nominations for the Auto Trade Awards 2017 are coming in thick and fast and remain will open until Friday, June 3. The auto trade has the opportunity to vote in 22 individual categories as follows: Workshop Awards Manufacturer / Distributor of the Year – Aftersales programme Manufacturer / Distributor of the Year – Trade Parts

A new report from the Road Safety Authority (RSA), has revealed that between 2008 and 2012, 322 people died in collisions where excessive speed was a contributory factor. The report, the second in a series of landmark reports analysed An Garda Síochána Forensic Collision Investigation reports in order to identify the main contributory factors in

Wheel servicing equipment specialist Pro-Align will showcase a host of advanced, innovative systems at this year’s inaugural Automechanika Birmingham. The award winning Hunter systems all provide workshops with the opportunity to improve their customer service levels and profitability through increased efficiency and additional services. “Automechanika will be the ideal place for workshop owners to see

Nominations for the Auto Trade Awards 2017, including four tyre trade categories are coming in thick and fast and remain will open until Friday, June 3. The tyre trade has the opportunity to nominate their personal favourites in four key categories: Tyre Manufacturer of the Year Tyre Distributor of the Year Tyreshop Tools and Equipment

JB Tyres and Garage Equipment has been appointed as the official distributor of Nokian summer and winter tyres in Ireland. Nokian Tyres is the world’s northernmost tyre manufacturer, manufacturing innovative tyres for passenger cars, trucks, and heavy machinery. The brand is best known in this part of the world for it range of premium summer

Restorartion work is continuing on the Agrigear sponsored, Ferguson 20 vintage tractor, which will be raffled later in the year, with all proceeds going to the Child of Haiti charity. In our last edition we reported that Agrigear had generously sponsored new back and front tyres and wheels for the Ferguson 20 vintage tractor. Padraic

Following the successful launch last year, Semperit is introducing further additions to its new Runner tyre family. The steer-axle tyre, Runner F2 and the drive-axle tyre, Runner D2 which are for use in combined regional and long-distance transportation are now available in the size 315/70 R 22.5. The high-mileage tyres offer both a long service

Evans Transport has embarked on a policy of introducing Continental Tyres ContiPressureCheck system into its fleet, with early trials showing safety and economy gains. Nigel Evans, managing director of the family-owned firm has over 150 trucks and 220 trailers on his fleet. The Bideford based operator runs an eclectic mix of bulk tippers for aggregates

The Triangle Group has held a ceremony to celebrate its 40th anniversary and to launch future strategies. Over 600 people from more than 100 countries attended the ceremony, including the company’s strategic partners and business friends from all over the world. All the participants spoke highly of the achievements Triangle Group has made over the past

Aeolus Tyre, a company owned by the Chinese group Chemchina, will be a first-time exhibitor at top international trade fair Reifen in Essen. Aeolus Tyre manufactures tyres for cars, SUVs and vans, as well as for the sizeable segment of commercial vehicles, earth-moving machinery and agricultural equipment. These tyres are already trusted by several million

Advances in van safety technology could be undermined by dangerous overloading, warns the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) today. Almost nine in 10 (88.5%) of the 2,381 vans weighed last year by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) were found to be overloaded, a worse record than the previous year in which